Tearing Down The Walls

[doubled_speed]

Who; Tommy Shepherd, Gar Logan, Billy Maximoff
What; Turning Gray A2 & A3 into a single suite
Where; Gray Residences A2 and A3
When; Early September
Warnings; None

How Do You Explain Boyfriends? | Closed to Billy
Nothing quite like night time for Tommy to be honest with his little brother. Many days he came over in the evening to make a first go at dinner for his little brother (and he'd make a larger one later when he went back to his own apartment), then he'd send Billy off to get clean while Tommy cleaned the little apartment up. When Billy was ready at last, Tommy flopped down beside the kid on the bed and stroked his hair. Normally this was story time, but...

But tonight he thought he might need to do something different.

"Hey Billiam, I wanted to do something a bit different tonight. I needed to talk to you about something about me."

When Two Become One | Closed to Gar
Well, today was the big day, wasn't it? Tommy hummed and stretched as he threw off the blanket and rose from the bed. He didn't bother to shake Gar awake, not yet. There was plenty he could do to start the project without his boyfriend. Which in this case meant racing into the kitchen to start something hot to drink and start making toast and eggs.

Once he had some hot tea in a mug to sip and had the eggs going pretty well he started to hum to himself, considering the wall that would need to be dealt with. Good thing their living rooms aligned. Though maybe they should make the hole through the 'dining room' area. Huh, so much to consider.

"Gar! Breakfast time!"

Comments

[dorkasaurus_rex]

Billy's head tilted curiously but he nodded, shifting to get comfortable. Tommy had helped with the transition to this place, made it all a little less scary, and helped establish a routine.

He tried not to worry about this slight break in said routine, even if it was the sort of serious tone his parents took when they wanted to explain something.

"What is it?"

[doubled_speed]

Hey, tell him he's channeling that mom and dad mood and he might be torn between being happy and being nervous over that reveal. Mostly, though, Tommy was nervous about how this might affect things between him and Billy. Not that he could imagine ANY universe where his kid brother wasn't gay.

"So, uh-"

How did you even begin this conversation?

"Any kids in your Westview place have two moms or two dads?"

[dorkasaurus_rex]

"...no, I don't think so?" Billy replied after a bit of thought, "But I only ever saw the other kids on Halloween, so I'm not sure. Maybe? Why?"

He said it like it was a completely normal thing. Though by now Tommy had to be getting used to the strange stuff Billy said like that. Westview was clearly not just a normal town.

[doubled_speed]

Dammit Mom, what did you do? And Tommy was mad because he couldn't ask. Plus it was just making all of this more awkward. Harder to think about.

"Uh," he said very intelligently as he tried to come up with a new way to talk about this. "So, uh, sometimes there are girls that like girls and boys that like boys."

[dorkasaurus_rex]

"...Okay. Billy looked at him, like he was trying to work out what this had to do with anything. Tommy was going to need to be a lot more direct.

[doubled_speed]

LET HIM BUILD UP TO IT DAMMIT! Not everything needs to be fast.

"And some people like both girls and boys. I'm... I'm that last one. And I have a boyfriend. Here. Well, not here here. He's in the room next to mine."

Oh god please don't hate him

[dorkasaurus_rex]

Did you really just think that Tommy? Really?

"..." There was a panic inducing pause and then Billy nodded easily again. "Oh. Okay. That's cool," he smiled, like he wasn't sure why this required a whole *talk*.

[doubled_speed]

Yes, he just thought that. His parents back home would never approve. And this isn't his Billy. So he really was scared. The taking it in stride and all of that? It earned Billy a seriously tight hug. Hopefully not painfully tight.

"His name is Gar and I want you to meet him. He's my family too. And we're knocking out part of the wall between our apartments so we can live together. We're doing it this weekend. Would you, you know, be cool with helping out? Like, my home is your home too."

[garrrr]

Gar easily through Tommy getting up. He's gotten more comfortable and trusting, sleeping deeper when Tommy's near and not fearing he would be without him when he woke up even if Tommy wasn't right there. They'd come a long way.

He groans loudly when Tommy calls out to wake him up. Ignoring him and rolling over to bury his face in Tommy's pillow, gathering the blankets tighter.

"Ten more minutes."

[doubled_speed]

Dude, not even. Tommy turned the heat down under his eggs and then was flopping onto the bed heavily to bounce the guy.

"Gar, breakfast time. It's gonna get cold. Don't make me subject you to cold eggs."

[garrrr]

Gar whines when the bed bounces and reaches for Tommy's abandoned pillow to toss it at his head.

"In bed,' Gar offers the compromise before burying his face in his pillow. He's so comfy.

[doubled_speed]

Tommy of course caught the pillow and set it aside before tugging at the blanket that Gar was using. Nope, this didn't work.

"You wanna eat before you meet Billy or not?"

[garrrr]

Gar groans and the tries to hold onto the blanket but the mention of Billy does have him very slowly relenting. He still fixes the other with a pout.

"You know, breakfast in bed would have been really cute," he accuses gently as he lets go of the blanket.

[doubled_speed]

"Yep," Tommy agreed, but then he wasn't there anymore.

What? He had to be back in the kitchen to finish dishing things out. Come on, Gar, keep up.

[garrrr]

Gar huffs a little when the other suddenly wasn't there. "Not fair," he calls. The other could have brought him breakfast in bed by now! He reluctantly sits up, rubbing his face and reaching for a t-shirt that'd been discarded on the floor to pull on to add to his outfit of boxers before grabbing the blanket and headed into the kitchen.

Sometimes, sometimes he just wasn't a morning person!

[doubled_speed]

Of course it's not fair. But Gar had signed up for it. They had agreed to all of this.

"I made coffee," Tommy said as his boyfriend made his entrance, and was just putting everything on the table, sitting down himself with his own meal. "Sorry, I... I don't want to be slow today. I've gotta make Billy breakfast too, and then..."

Then his little brother is going to come over and Tommy and Gar would make their home larger and...

"I'm seven kinds of anxious."

[garrrr]

Gar gets himself some coffee first but he sits down to eat. "It's going to be okay," Gar says, nudging the other's leg with his foot. He sips at the coffee and tries to shake off the remaining drowsiness that's clinging on.

[doubled_speed]

Tommy nodded but he was still nervous. One thing to hear, another thing to react to it.

"I guess it's just... Fuck you know me. I'm not used to being the responsible person. Oh, by the way, you cool if we close Speedy up in one of the bathrooms with his chair rig?"

Soon Tommy's going to have to build the guy a better place to live and climb. Perhaps in one of the soon to be reclaimed living rooms, to give him a quiet space.

[garrrr]

"You're going to be fine," Gar assures him again and he's eating as they talk while still playing footsie under the table because he can.

"Yeah that's fine," he nods. That'll do for now anyway.

[doubled_speed]

Fine. What a horrible word. There was nothing fine about him, and he definitely wasn't going to be that.

He smiles at the footsie, though. It really was a comfort for him.

"Cool. Just figure we gotta do our best to take care of our little family, and the Sphere ain't providing this time."

[garrrr]

Tommy when are you going to learn to just trust Gar knows what he's talking about, honestly!

"I think we'll be able to figure it out together."

[doubled_speed]

Tommy will always worry that he will actually and spectacularly let everyone down. It's just who he is.

"Alright then. Together. We'll... We'll do it together."

[garrrr]

One day Gar will help him build himself up more!

"Always," Gar grins.

[doubled_speed]

Tommy offered with a smile and nodded at his lover. This would work. Does work. Is working.

"Never thought I'd be making my own sorta family."